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ALEXIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alexia mean?
• ALEXIA (noun)
The noun ALEXIA has 1 sense:
1. inability to perceive written words
Familiarity information: ALEXIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to perceive written words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
alexia; visual aphasia; word blindness
Hypernyms ("alexia" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)
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